Display first n characters of a string by stripping html

Question

I have a long string and I want to display the first 50 characters of it (without including the HTML content). Can anyone suggest any method?

This is the code:

eBdb.EpubReader.Epub Epubobj = new eBdb.EpubReader.Epub(myPath);
litepub.Text = Epubobj.GetContentAsHtml();

In litepub.Text I am getting text along with HTML. But I want to display only first 50 characters from the result of that function.

Could you show us what you've done so far? The question isn't clear. What HTML content? — karan k, May 22 '12 at 06:23
Try this [link][1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2038104/parsing-html-to-get-content-using-c-sharp [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2038104/parsing-html-to-get-content-using-c-sharp — JayOnDotNet, May 22 '12 at 07:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '12 at 06:24

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try this:

Regex.Replace(source, "<.*?>", string.Empty).Substring(0,49);

answered May 22 '12 at 06:24

Zaheer Ahmed

You should never parse HTML with regular expressions. Take a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/590747/using-regular-expressions-to-parse-html-why-not to see why. – npinti May 22 '12 at 06:28

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

1

Take a look at HTML Agility Pack. You could take a look here on more information on how to get started.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

Community

answered May 22 '12 at 06:27

npinti

But the output that I am getting is in string form. It is not an HTML file. – user1509 May 22 '12 at 06:38
@coder311: But from your question, it seems that your string contains HTML no? – npinti May 22 '12 at 06:39
It does contain HTML content in it. But it is form of a string, not a file. Can I use HTML Agility Pack for strings containing HTML? – user1509 May 22 '12 at 06:53
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@coder311: Yes you can. Take a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2535878/can-i-use-html-agility-pack-for-this – npinti May 22 '12 at 06:55

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